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Re:Asiana Airlines Flight 214: A Pilot’s Perspective by ekianjo on Tuesday July 09, 2013 @11:28PM (#6017284)
See https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6013520 It certainly does not look like plane failure.
Re:Asiana Airlines Flight 214: A Pilot’s Perspective by pbreit on Wednesday July 10, 2013 @04:12PM (#6022479)
Pilots suggest plane slowed despite presence of auto-throttle: http://www.cnn.com/2013/07/10/us/asiana-airlines-crash/

My point is, it is premature to rule out aircraft problems.